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Internet of Things

David PopeJuly 9, 2015 0

Analytics examples using smart grid technology

The smart grid is a technology infrastructure that adds intelligent capabilities to the electricity distribution system. When you apply analytics to the smart grid data, you can automate and improve operations, maintenance, planning and customer satisfaction - among other processes. As utilities continue to upgrade meters, transformers, and add new sensors and equipment,

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Data Management | Internet of Things

Man on smartphone considers data privacy concerns

Jim HarrisJune 18, 2015 0

ESP can determine if big data is eventful

Jim Harris says event stream processing determines if big data is eventful and relevant enough to process and store.

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersJune 16, 2015 0

The Internet of Things - it's not just about the connectivity

Recently, I had an opportunity to participate in an analyst briefing around the Internet of Things (IoT). During the review, a chart was shown to summarize the status of IoT projects in the manufacturing sector. I wasn’t surprised by the varying degree of “completeness” of IoT projects across this industry, but

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Internet of Things

Alyssa FarrellJune 9, 2015 0

Does OT + analytics = IoT?

Operations technology (OT), such as control systems, are crucial elements in our daily lives. They make the stoplights function at intersections. They guide robots with precise movements on the shop floor. Their switches and routers are the backbone of our internet. But what if they were even more intelligent? What

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Michael ThomasJune 4, 2015 0

Let's talk about things – in the Internet of Things

The Internet has been around a long time. "Things" have been around even longer. Put the things on the Internet, aka the Internet of Things (IoT), and you get so much hype that IoT is at the top of Gartner's "Peak of Inflated Expectations" – and poised for a fall into the "Trough of

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Nascif Abousalh-NetoMay 21, 2015 0

Exploring my personal IoT data with SAS

After acquiring personal IoT data in part 1 and cleaning it up in part 2 of this series, we are now ready to explore the data with SAS Visual Analytics. Let's see which answers we can find with the help of data visualization and analytics! I followed the general exploratory workflow

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Internet of Things

Leo SadovyMay 19, 2015 0

Transparency and the Information arms race

You are going to be spending proportionately more of your IT budget on security than you have previously spent or ever wanted to spend. Why? Because you and everyone else on this planet is engaged in the still early stages of an escalating information arms race, that, while you didn’t

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Nascif Abousalh-NetoMay 14, 2015 0

Data preparation and cleansing for personal analytics

In part 1 of this series we looked at how to acquire personal data from the Internet of Things for our own exploration. But we found that the data was not yet ready for analysis, as is usually the case. In this part, we will look at how we can use SAS

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Nascif Abousalh-NetoMay 7, 2015 0

Visualizing your personal analytics with SAS

Have you noticed how your smart phone seems to know everything about you? Where you live, where you work, and even how long your daily commute will take! A lot of that information is generated by your daily activities while using your connected devices. There is much to be found by analyzing the

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersMay 5, 2015 0

Don't make this mistake with new equipment

By now, we have all heard about the Internet of Things (IoT), or the Industrial Internet. Across industries, organizations are attempting to instrument and measure all critical business systems and assets in an effort to drive improved production and service delivery. It is estimated that by 2020, companies will spend

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Analytics | Internet of Things

David FroningApril 23, 2015 0

New source for manufacturing best practices

Profitable growth is at the forefront of manufacturing executives’ minds¹. The math is simple: increase revenue and decrease costs. Easy, right? Unfortunately, getting there isn't that simple. The good news is that analytics can help. The better news is that there’s a new place for manufacturers to discover analytic best

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Data Management | Internet of Things

Suzanne ClaytonApril 9, 2015 0

Will the IoT take us from identity to iDATAty?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is going to take us into the next big technology wave, which will include a massive proliferation of personal connected devices like we have never seen before – cars, toothbrushes, household appliances, watches, medical devices, bicycles, and all sorts of things on our body and in

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Internet of Things

Man at desk on floating platform surrounded by data

Alyssa FarrellApril 9, 2015 0

Will control or reliability propel IoT in utilities?

Whether it’s a smart water meter or a complex combustion turbine, expectations of reliability for complex, connected machines have increased across the board. Due to higher visibility and the availability of advanced analytics, companies know they should be able to identify emerging safety and reliability issues in these assets. By

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Analytics | Internet of Things

SAS Manufacturing

Mike HitmarApril 7, 2015 0

Hear the Voices of SAS' Manufacturing Experts

Well okay maybe you can't hear us, but at least you can read what we have to say. Although, I'm not ruling out an occasional video or podcast entry. One of the best kept secrets at SAS is the incredible domain expertise that comes to work here everyday, ready to

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Internet of Things

Carl FarrellMarch 26, 2015 0

Event stream processing: a life raft in the data deluge

Do you ever have stress dreams? You know, where you’re taking an exam for which you haven’t studied, or you’re forced to wait tables in a sea of angry restaurant customers? For many of us, the stress nightmare of the modern era involves trying to make sense of a never-ending

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Analytics in Automotive

Norm MarksMarch 24, 2015 0

Six analytics lessons from the automotive roundtable

Increasingly, automotive executives want to talk about the "Art of the Possible" in analytics. So we took the opportunity to invite leaders around the industry to an Automotive Analytics Executive Roundtable to share their stories and spark new ideas. A myriad of diverse speakers covered a variety of topics on big data/Hadoop, the

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Internet of Things

Suzanne ClaytonMarch 11, 2015 0

It’s the Internet of connected life at Mobile World Congress

The Internet of Things is coming fast and furious. We clearly know what these “things” are, and were able to see prototypes at last week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) which hosted some 93,000 attendees. Things = connected life = cars, homes (thermostats, washer and dryers, vacuum cleaners, security systems, refrigerators, etc.),

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Data Management | Internet of Things

David FredeMarch 10, 2015 0

Internet of Things: The industrial internet

Today in manufacturing there has been a lot of investment in automation, supervisory controls, quality, and execution systems. The amount of data produced and now being captured is staggering. The data captured in industry will re-define what is “big” in big data. Yet, for all this investment: Equipment still fails. Scrap

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Internet of Things | Machine Learning

Leo SadovyMarch 10, 2015 0

Relationship status - Connected; Analytics for Agency

“When it comes to the Internet of Things, the future clearly belongs to the Things”. I made this brash statement in a previous post (“Cloud encounters of the Fifth Kind”) referring to machine-to-machine (M2M) being the fastest growing component of non-human traffic on the Web. I say “brash” because that

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Internet of Things

Have Your Voice Heard

David FroningMarch 3, 2015 0

Beyond warranty: The changing face of field quality

Warranties have a long - and some might say - interesting past. But the future is even brighter. New technologies and data sources are transforming our understanding of field quality, enabling deeper insights into product performance and customer preferences. These breakthroughs are accelerating the quest to reduce defects and satisfy customers.

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Internet of Things

Dr. Laurie MilesFebruary 5, 2015 0

Free and easy: why say no to open data?

In many ways it’s open season for open data; open data is one of those phrases we hear a lot but it’s not always appreciated as having value. The fact that it’s openly available is seen by some as proof that there’s no value in the data – unlike, for

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersFebruary 3, 2015 0

Event stream processing: Do you need it?

Staying competitive in a big data world means working fast and making decisions even faster. You need to assess conditions, approve access, stop transactions and reroute activities quickly so you can seize opportunities or prevent problems. With increasing data volumes from the Internet of Things (Cisco predicts that fifty billion

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Internet of Things

Michael ThomasJanuary 30, 2015 0

Reality++ fueled by IoT

It's an exciting time for reality! We've been technologically enhancing reality for a long time -- eye glasses, telescopes, binoculars, microscopes, photography, moving pictures, live streaming video over the Internet, etc. But whether it's augmented reality, virtual reality or somewhere in between, a new wave of eye wear technology is

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Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Leo SadovyJanuary 27, 2015 0

Creating value on the IoT – It ain’t about you

The Internet of Things is going to be driven by innovative business models as much as by innovative technology. In order to ground the following discussion, I found it helpful to create this visual depiction of the IoT that defines and distinguishes the key elements that enter into these business models.

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Mike HitmarJanuary 26, 2015 0

The intersection of the Internet of Things and manufacturing

Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with James Haight of Blue Hill Research regarding the Internet of Things and how it is and will impact manufacturers. We also dipped our toes into other topics, including text analytics and the interesting combination of all these trends. The conversation was captured

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersJanuary 26, 2015 0

Getting started with equipment monitoring!

By now, we have all heard about the Internet of Things (IoT), or the Industrial Internet. Across industries, organizations are attempting to instrument and measure all critical business systems and assets in an effort to drive improved production and service delivery. It is estimated that by 2020, companies will spend

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Internet of Things

Frédéric CombaneyreJanuary 22, 2015 0

Event stream processing: give life to your IoT data

In my previous post, I talked about how the Internet of Things promises new ways to use sensor and machine data by creating a highly efficient world that demands constant analysis and evaluation of the state of events across everything that surrounds us. I have also explained why it is

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Internet of Things

Binod JhaJanuary 9, 2015 0

Internet of Things: A game changer for insurance

~ This article is co-authored by Binod Jha, Global Product Manager for Insurance Solutions at SAS, and Amol Kokane, Senior Development Manager for Insurance & Risk Management Solutions at SAS ~ How might insurance policies change if sensor data could be automatically transmitted and analyzed from your car, your home and even your

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Internet of Things

Frédéric CombaneyreDecember 13, 2014 0

Sensors, those amazing (very) little things!

The first sensors appeared many decades ago, and have been around for quite some time in various forms, even though they’ve really only entered the popular vocabulary over the past few years thanks to the Internet of Things. How do sensors work? A sensor detects events, or changes in quantities, and

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Internet of Things

Tom MorseDecember 2, 2014 0

An IoT-connected Christmas

As 2014 slowly winds down it’s time to gear up for the holiday shopping rush. As in recent years the Consumer Electronics Association reports tech gifts will again be high on everyone’s list this holiday shopping season. A new addition to the list this year are numerous Internet of Things

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